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Jul 15, 2026

Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman officially launch Ode, $1.5B AI enterprise services firm

Launched on July 15, 2026, Ode with Anthropic is a $1.5 billion enterprise AI services firm backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and others, built on the acquisition of Fractional AI to deploy engineers directly into mid-sized companies.

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